The noun CONTINENTAL DIVIDE has 1 sense: 1. the watershed of a continent (especially the watershed of North America formed by a series of mountain ridges extending from Alaska to Mexico). Familiarity information: CONTINENTAL DIVIDE used as a noun is very rare.Dictionary entry details.eronyms (parts of continental divide): Great Divide (that part of the continental divide formed by the Rocky Mountains in the United States). Domain region: North America (a continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama).
Definition of lighthouse. 1  1 : a structure (such as a tower) with a powerful light that gives a continuous or intermittent signal to navigators. 2  2 : beacon 3.
The Lighthouse of Alexandria, sometimes called the Pharos of Alexandria (/ËfÉÉrÉs/; Ancient Greek: á½ ÏÎ¬ÏÎ¿Ï Ïá¿Ï á¼Î»ÎµÎ¾Î±Î½Î´ÏÎµÎ¯Î±Ï, contemporary Koine Greek pronunciation: [ho pÊ°Ã¡.ros teËs a.lek.sandrÃ©ËaËs]), was a lighthouse built by the Ptolemaic Kingdom between 280 and 247 BC which was in the region of 100 metres in overall height.[1] One of the Seven ...